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The long-tailed tit is a small bird species found in Europe and Asia, named for its distinctively long tail that can be as long as its body. These tiny, fluffy birds are notable for their highly social behavior, often gathering in flocks and huddling together for warmth during winter months.
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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- Aegithalos
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Poland
- P9566
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Article
The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) is a common bird species belonging to the bushtit family found throughout Eurasia. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous and mixed woodlands as well as scrub, heathland, farmland, parks and gardens. The plumage of this small long-tailed bird is predominantly black and white with varying amounts of pink and grey. Northern subspecies are paler and have completely white heads, lacking the large dark eyebrows of southern populations. It is a social bird that forms compact family flocks of six to seventeen individuals outside of the breeding season, when these flocks break up. It has a strong preference for nesting in scrub areas and often builds its nest in thorny bushes less than 3 metres (10 feet) above the ground.
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AegithalosAnimal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusBirds described in 1758Birds of EuropeBirds of JapanBirds of KoreaBirds of RussiaBirds of West AsiaIUCN Red List least concern speciesTaxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTaxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs